Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 3.20.27

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लीलोवाच ।
अष्टमे दिवसे विप्रः स मृतः परमेश्वरि ।
गतो वर्षगणोऽस्माकं मातः कथमिदं भवेत् ॥ २७ ॥

līlovāca |
aṣṭame divase vipraḥ sa mṛtaḥ parameśvari |
gato varṣagaṇo'smākaṃ mātaḥ kathamidaṃ bhavet || 27 ||

Lila asked said:—How can the Brahmanic pair be ourselves, when they are dead only eight days before, and we have been reigning here for so many years?
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (3.20.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Lila, Ashtama, Divasa, Vipra, Mrita, Parameshvari, Gat, Gata, Varshagana, Asmaka, Asmad, Matri, Mata, Katham, Katha, Idam,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 3.20.27). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “līlovāca ”
līlo -
līla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

līla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

līlā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “aṣṭame divase vipraḥ sa mṛtaḥ parameśvari ”
aṣṭame -
aṣṭama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aṣṭama (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
divase -
divasa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vipraḥ -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛtaḥ -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
parameśvari -
parameśvarī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
Line 3: “gato varṣagaṇo'smākaṃ mātaḥ kathamidaṃ bhavet ”
gato* -
gat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
varṣagaṇo' -
varṣagaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asmākam -
asmāka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

asmāka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

asmākā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[genitive plural]
mātaḥ -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

māta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]